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Veknoid_Outcast on 27 October 2016
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Soundwave said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

So if the concept is perfectly clear -- that it's a portable console -- why oh why do need to label it "console" or "handheld"?

The answer is: we don't. It's an argument in semantics. That was my point. It has nothing to do with Nintendo PR. It has everything to do with people labeling it a portable because they believe portables are inferior.

It is a portable, if some Nintendo console apologists want to be upset with people calling it that, honestly that's their problem. 

LOGICALLY to be honest the Nintendo home console being "absorbed" into their much more successful portable division makes a lot of sense. 

Nintendo portables have outsold Nintendo consoles wall to wall for *20* straight years. This isn't like some minor trend. The Wii U is Nintendo's worst selling console. 

With mobile tech improving, the writing was on the wall. If it's so widely accepted that Sony has no future in the portable game business due to Vita's "failure" why is Nintendo's future in the traditional home console market assured? The Wii U sold even worse than the Vita. 

If Sony made this exact same system, I would call it the same thing. Or if Sony suddenly released a "TV out" dock for the Vita and bundled it with the Vita, is the Vita suddenly a home console? No. It's a bonus side feature made possible by the HDMI connection. 

I seriously can't believe this thread has gone on for over 100 posts.

You know what, call it a portable if you want. I'm going to call it a night.